# castigar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /kɐʃ.ti.ˈɡaɾ/ · frequency rank #29,268

## Definitions
1. aplicar castigo a
2. punir
3. repreender
4. emendar
5. escarmentar

## Easily confused with
- **castigo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castigar-vs-castigo)
- **cativar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castigar-vs-cativar)
- **cantiga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cantiga-vs-castigar)

## Common misspellings (12)
`acstigar`, `casitgar`, `casstigar`, `castgiar`, `castiagr`, `castigarr`, `castiggar`, `castigra`, `casttigar`, `catsigar`, `ccastigar`, `csatigar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/castigar